Henri Lucien Ernest Eugène Anspach (10 July 1882 in Belgium – 29 March 1979) was a Belgian
épée
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and
foil fencer. He was an Olympic champion in team épée.
Olympic fencing career
Anspach, who was
Jewish
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, was born in Brussels, Belgium. He competed for the Belgian fencing team at the
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, b ...
. He won a
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have be ...
in the team épée competition, along with teammates were
Jacques Ochs
Jacques Ochs (18 February 1883 – 3 April 1971), was a Jewish Belgian artist and Olympic fencer in the épée style (in which he was champion) and competed in the saber, and foil fencing categories.
Biography
Ochs was Jewish, and was bor ...
,
Gaston Salmon, and brother
Paul Anspach
Paul Eugène Albert Anspach (1 April 1882 – 28 August 1981) was a Belgian épée and foil fencer who competed in four consecutive Olympics (1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924).
His grand-uncle, Jules Anspach (1829-1879), was Brussels burgomaster.
Ea ...
.
Anspach also competed on the men's sabre team, which came in fifth.
In individual events, Anspach finished 16th in foil and 12th in épée.
Later life
Anspach later became a painter.
See also
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List of select Jewish fencers
References
External links
Olympic record
1882 births
1979 deaths
Belgian male fencers
Belgian épée fencers
Belgian foil fencers
Jewish male épée fencers
Jewish male foil fencers
Jewish male sabre fencers
Jewish Belgian sportspeople
Olympic fencers of Belgium
Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Belgium
Place of birth missing
Olympic medalists in fencing
Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
20th-century Belgian people
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